Tuition Trends for Utah colleges Over Past 10 Years

There are 65 colleges in Utah - 17 public and 48 private schools. The 2024 average tuition & fees of the 4-year colleges in Utah is $6,945 for Utah residents and $20,273 for out-of-state students. In private colleges, the average tuition & fees is $25,457. For Utah community colleges, the average tuition & fees is $4,411 for state residents and $13,916 for out-of-state students.

Utah public 4-year colleges' in-state tuition & fees increased by 25.77% from $5,522 (2015) to $6,945 (2024) and out-of-state tuition & fees grew by 23.49% over the past decade from $16,417 (2015) to $20,273 (2024). In private Utah colleges, the tuition & fees increased by 3.67%, from $15,927 (2015) to $16,512 (2024).

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Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes

Over the past 10 years, the COA has increased by 23.11% when living on campus and by 29.33% when living off campus at public Utah colleges. For private Utah colleges, the COA has increased by 12.17% (on-campus) and 18.70% (off-camus). The COA includes tuition, fees, books & supplies, room & board, and other personal expenses.

Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes of Utah colleges
Year	Living On Campus			Living Off Campus
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools
2014-15	$18,467	$29,362	$28,872	$19,001	$29,896	$29,406
2015-16	$18,122 -1.87%	$29,286 -0.26%	$30,357 5.14%	$19,979 5.15%	$31,143 4.17%	$32,214 9.55%
2016-17	$18,299 0.98%	$29,954 2.28%	$28,369 -6.55%	$19,716 -1.32%	$31,371 0.73%	$29,786 -7.54%
2017-18	$18,726 2.33%	$30,802 2.83%	$28,567 0.70%	$20,171 2.31%	$32,247 2.79%	$30,012 0.76%
2018-19	$18,797 0.38%	$31,206 1.31%	$27,912 -2.29%	$20,610 2.18%	$33,019 2.39%	$29,725 -0.96%
2019-20	$19,561 4.06%	$31,993 2.52%	$28,319 1.46%	$21,065 2.21%	$33,497 1.45%	$29,823 0.33%
2020-21	$19,820 1.32%	$32,433 1.38%	$29,596 4.51%	$21,569 2.39%	$34,182 2.04%	$31,345 5.10%
2021-22	$20,276 2.30%	$33,110 2.09%	$30,413 2.76%	$22,429 3.99%	$35,263 3.16%	$32,566 3.90%
2022-23	$21,085 3.99%	$34,468 4.10%	$31,700 4.23%	$23,197 3.42%	$36,580 3.73%	$33,812 3.83%
2023-24	$22,819 8.22%	$36,147 4.87%	$32,386 2.16%	$25,337 9.23%	$38,665 5.70%	$34,904 3.23%

Tuition & Fees Changes

For the current year (2024), the average tuition & fees for Utah colleges is $6,945 for Utah residents and $20,273 out-of-state students. In private schools, the average tuition & fees is $16,512.

For graduate programs, the 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $9,337 for Utah residents and $22,724 out-of-state students. In private schools, the average graduate program tuition & fees is $12,441.

The tuition & fees has increased 23.49% for undergraduate programs and 18.15% for graduate programs at Utah colleges. The following table and chart illustrate the changes of tuition & fees by tuition rates and degrees.

Tuition & Fees Changes for Utah colleges
Year	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools
2014-15	$5,522	$16,417	$15,927	$6,817	$18,578	$11,649
2015-16	$5,673 2.73%	$16,837 2.56%	$17,908 12.44%	$6,719 -1.44%	$19,469 4.80%	$12,085 3.74%
2016-17	$5,914 4.25%	$17,569 4.35%	$15,984 -10.74%	$7,650 13.86%	$20,505 5.32%	$12,210 1.03%
2017-18	$6,124 3.55%	$18,200 3.59%	$15,965 -0.12%	$8,407 9.90%	$22,457 9.52%	$12,249 0.32%
2018-19	$6,285 2.63%	$18,694 2.71%	$15,400 -3.54%	$8,292 -1.37%	$22,802 1.54%	$12,330 0.66%
2019-20	$6,312 0.43%	$18,744 0.27%	$15,070 -2.14%	$8,140 -1.83%	$21,967 -3.66%	$12,413 0.67%
2020-21	$6,383 1.12%	$18,996 1.34%	$16,159 7.23%	$8,121 -0.23%	$22,215 1.13%	$12,603 1.53%
2021-22	$6,668 4.46%	$19,502 2.66%	$16,805 4.00%	$8,191 0.86%	$21,595 -2.79%	$13,450 6.72%
2022-23	$6,893 3.37%	$20,276 3.97%	$17,508 4.18%	$8,433 2.95%	$22,285 3.20%	$13,582 0.98%
2023-24	$6,945 0.75%	$20,273 -0.01%	$16,512 -5.69%	$8,563 1.54%	$21,950 -1.50%	$11,964 -11.91%

Utah 4-Year Colleges Tuition & Fees Trend Chart

Utah Graduate Schools Tuition & Fees Trend Chart

Books & Supplies Costs Changes for Utah colleges
Year	Books & Supplies
2014-15	$1,196
2015-16	$1,234 3.18%
2016-17	$996 -19.29%
2017-18	$991 -0.50%
2018-19	$931 -6.05%
2019-20	$895 -3.87%
2020-21	$875 -2.23%
2021-22	$918 4.91%
2022-23	$930 1.31%
2023-24	$903 -2.90%

Living Costs Changes

For Utah colleges, the living have increased 21.09% when a student lives on campus facilities and 22.22% when living off campus from year 2015 to 2024. The living costs includes costs for room & board, and other living expenses.

Living Costs Changes for Utah colleges
Year	Living On Campus	Living Off Campus
2014-15	$11,749	$12,329
2015-16	$11,215 -5.15%	$12,072 9.12%
2016-17	$11,389 -0.23%	$12,010 -2.76%
2017-18	$11,611 2.96%	$12,349 1.51%
2018-19	$11,581 2.82%	$12,579 3.94%
2019-20	$12,354 8.45%	$13,546 1.47%
2020-21	$12,562 1.81%	$13,962 2.19%
2021-22	$12,690 1.55%	$13,995 7.37%
2022-23	$13,262 5.40%	$14,576 4.35%
2023-24	$14,971 14.40%	$16,962 10.34%

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Undergraduate

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Utah Valley University Public, four-years | Orem
Western Governors University Private, four-years | Salt Lake City
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Graduate

Western Governors University Private, four-years | Salt Lake City
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Utah State University Public, four-years | Logan
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Tuition Trends for Utah colleges Over Past 10 Years

Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes

Tuition & Fees Changes

Books & Supplies Costs Changes

Living Costs Changes